NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE AVIATION OFFICIALS

Stable and consistent funding for the Federal Aviation Administration's activities; funding for Airport Improvement Program and supplemental discretionary grants, PFAS Reimbursement Grant Program, Essential Air Service, Small Community Air Service Development Program, Airport Cooperative Research Program, AAM Infrastructure Pilot Program, Drone Infrastructure Inspection Grant Program and Drone Education and Workforce Training Grant Program; and funding for Block Grant States.

Implementation of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024; modernizing the Nonprimary Entitlement Program; providing liability protections for all U.S. airports faced with PFAS contamination; review of the Automated Surface Observing Systems and Automated Weather Observing System; reforms to Essential Air Service; address small community air service needs; standards for AAM infrastructure planning; robust emergency funding for air traffic technology and infrastructure and controller staffing and training, realignment and modernization of air traffic controller facilities, stable and reliable funding for FAA, exempting the FAA from government shutdowns